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CLARENCE E. CHOI
Ph.D MHKIE(G)
Clarence is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is a geotechnical engineer with research interests on landslide and geoenvironmental hazards.
He was awarded The 3rd Hutchinson Lecture by the Federation of International Geo-Engineering Societies (FedIGS), the Oldrich Hungr Award and Lecture in 2022 by the International Consortium of Landslides ICL (UNESCO), Young Engineer of the Year Award in 2023 by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), the Geotechnical Paper Award by the Geotechnical Division Committee (GDC) of HKIE in 2022, Bright Spark Award by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in 2021, Best Paper Award in Landslides in 2019 by the ICL (UNESCO), Telford Premium Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), U.K., in 2017, R.M. Quigley Award by the Canadian Geotechnical Society in 2017, Fugro Prize in 2015 by HKIE, and a Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study Junior Fellowship from 2015 to 2019.
He serves as the founding and current Chair of the Debris Flow and Steep Creek Hazards Mitigation Committee of the Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP), Chair of the Geotechnical Pioneers Committee of GDC of HKIE, Chair-nominated member of TC208 (Slope Stability) of the ISSMGE, One of 26 international core members of the Joint Technical Committee on Natural Slopes and Landslides, Core member of the Hong Kong Geotechnical Society, Board Member of the International Consortium of Landslides of UNESCO, and Editor and Editorial Board members for Landslide and Engineering Geology.
Prior to joining HKU, he was Research Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
XINGLONG GONG
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023 - present)
CHENYANG ZHANG
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023 - present)
JIAQI ZHANG
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 - present)
KAILI CHEN
PhD (2023 - present)
YIMIAO CHEN
MPhil (2023 - present)
JENNY FEIHONG GAO
PhD (2021 - present)
KENNETH TAIKUN HAN
PhD (2022 - present)
WEI JI
PhD (2021 - present)
CHLOE RUOYING LI
PhD (2021 - present)
ZHENGYU LIANG
PhD (2020 - present)
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MEICHEN LIU
PhD (2023 - present)
NING MA
PhD (2022 - present)
MOHAMMAD SADEGHI
MPhil (2023 - present)
MINGHE WANG
PhD (2023 - present)
YIHAN WANG
PhD (2022 - present)
ANTHONY WONG
PhD (2023 - present)
SIJUN ZENG
PhD (2023 - present)
ALUMNI
PENGJIA SONG (2019 - 2023)
Former PhD student (now Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, US)
JIANTING DU (2020 - 2023)
Former Post-Doctoral Fellow (now Research Assistant Professor at the University of Macau, China)
SAOIRSE ROBIN GOODWIN (2016 - 2021)
Former PhD student and Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Scientist of the Department of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (now Assistant Geotechnical Engineer at ARUP)
MOHAMMAD NIKOOEI (2021-2023)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow (now Post-Doctoral Fellow at IRSTEA, France)
JIANTAO YU (2019 - 2023)
Former PhD student (now Assistant Geotechnical Engineer at AECOM)
AMOS YUPENG JIANG (2022 - 2023)
Former Post-Doctoral Fellow (now Junior Professor at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
TIM DAKE XIONG (2021 - 2022)
Former MPhil student (now PhD student at University of Texas, US)